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DISCOVERING THE BRAIN
United States Department of Health and Human Services, 148 , 151
V
Vascular disease, 55 , 56–57
Ventricles, 15 , 42–43 , 46
in brain development, 89–91 , 94 , 95
Ventricular zone, 94 , 95 , 96 , 103
Vertebrates, 15 , 21 , 77 , 99 , 124
Viruses, 55 , 56 , 59
Visual association area, plate 7 ,26 , 27 , 92
Visual cortex, 92 , 93 , 111 , 114
computer simulation, 141
development of, 95–96 , 118–119
information pathways, 106 , 107 , 108 , 109–110
optic nerve and, 102 , 106 , 109
PET imaging, plate 7 ,36 , 37
Visual memory, 27
Visual system, 27 , 104–105
color, plate 8 ,108 , 110 , 120
development of, plate 8 ,118–119
information pathways, 106–108 , 110
peripheral vision, 111–112 , 113–114
signal interpretation, 109–111
Vital functions, 13 , 14 , 15 , 123
Vitamins, 10
Voltage-gated channels, 31–32 , 81–82
W
Wernicke, Karl, 28
Wernicke's area, 23 , 28 , 92
“White matter,”
Winnicott, D. W., 48
Working memory.
See Short-term memory
X
X-ray technology, 36 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 88 , 91
Z
Zidovudine (AZT), plate 2 ,62
